Can you old bastards help me with a classic rock playlist?

[Ns1]

Oooooh genesis

 

[CraKaJaX]

Having briefly skimmed through the thread, I apologize for any duplicates/already mentioned bands... but here's a few off my classics playlist.

Derek & the Dominos
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
The Who
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Queen
The Police
Tom Petty
Guns n Roses
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yes
Dire Straits
Foghat
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Santana
The Allman Brothers
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Chuck Berry
Styx
AC/DC
Bob Seger
Journey
The Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

[inachu]

Why not alternative classic rock?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iCdu4W4N8U

Peter Murphy is awesome!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ControlD]

If you move Queen to your Yes list I would suggest some of their older stuff, prior to A Night At The Opera; the rawness of their early albums make great additions to playlists. The "hits" are good but encompass very little of the variety of the band.

My own selections:
Moody Blues
Yes
Johnny Winter
Mountain
Genesis (with & without Peter Gabriel)
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Styx
Robin Trower

There's some good ones in there. Deep Purple "Knocking At Your Back Door" should be on the play list for sure. Actually, the entire Perfect Strangers album is one of my all time favorite rock albums. Not really a bad song on that one.

Robin Trower's "Bridge Of Sighs" is an amazing album. I don't know much else from him (aside from Procol Harem), but that's a great suggestion!

 

[inachu]

Another Alternative #1 hit rock song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hGcJA8fXvU

Play that song when she is in the car with you.

 

[LevelSea]

Having briefly skimmed through the thread, I apologize for any duplicates/already mentioned bands... but here's a few off my classics playlist.

Derek & the Dominos
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
The Who
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Queen
The Police
Tom Petty
Guns n Roses
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yes
Dire Straits
Foghat
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Santana
The Allman Brothers
Led Zeppelin
Cream
Chuck Berry
Styx
AC/DC
Bob Seger
Journey
The Eagles
Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

[inachu]

I like that tall list but I would remove foghat and joe cocker myself.

 

[inachu]

I also like the Pole Cats as they were trendy back in the day and if you have any electrician employed friends and they never heard this song then they should giggle while they listen to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhB6r57iVXw

 

[twinrider1]

Check out Rival Sons if you'd like something new that has the classic rock vibe.

 

[vi edit]

Thread needs more Credence Clearwater Revival and The Who.

 

[vi edit]

It's also more of an 80's glam band to some extent, but I love me some Cult. She Sells Sanctuary and Firewoman are great rock songs.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

can't stand to listen to LZ on a casual basis, exception for "stairway to heaven". Can't listen to "No Quarter" after listening to Tool's version; LZ version is so anemic in comparison.

 

[IronWing]

Need ya some Norm Greenbaum.

 

[vi edit]

Also need to show some love for ZZ Top. La Grange and Waiting for the Bus are over 40 years old now and as fun and funky as ever.

 

[ControlD]

I don't believe I have seen Blue Oyster Cult listed yet? How can this be?

 

[Ns1]

I don't believe I have seen Blue Oyster Cult listed yet? How can this be?

Obviously the thread needs more cowbell.

 

[vi edit]

Obviously the thread needs more cowbell.

Oh no, there goes Tokyo go go Godzilla

 

[ControlD]

Obviously the thread needs more cowbell.

lol, nice.

 

[SpunkyJones]

The Police
Van Halen (David Lee Roth era)

 

[ControlD]

The Police
Van Halen (David Lee Roth era)

I prefer to believe the DLR era is the only Van Halen. The rest of it was just a bad dream all imagined in my head.

 

[DrPizza]

just add scorpions, judas priest and queensryche and you would be all set for me...

and quiet riot, motley crue and dio...

Scorpions and Judas Priest had already been mentioned, so I didn't mention them again, though I could have added them into my 83-85 era of listening when I preferred that style of rock. Quite a few more bands; hard to remember some of the names. Helix was one - "Give me an R..." I was the night/weekend deejay at an adult contemporary radio station. The personality who taught me the ropes made copies of a lot of music from groups many people had never heard of. One of them was Whitesnake - long before they ever had a hit in the US and long before anyone had heard of them.

I never listened to much Queensryche - and the first time I really noticed them was at a concert; they opened for (Rush?) They sounded horrible in concert. Quiet Riot? 2 songs. Both played obnoxiously often on MTV.

 

[SpunkyJones]

I prefer to believe the DLR era is the only Van Halen. The rest of it was just a bad dream all imagined in my head.

In my world they broke up in 84/85.

 

[Ns1]

ITT: old bastards and sammy hagar haters.

 

[vi edit]

No Doors fans in here?

 

[CraKaJaX]

No Doors fans in here?

While I appreciate what they did, I just CAN'T get into them. I tried.... I really tried. It's like listening to a church organ on a bad acid trip. Doesn't do it for me. What's it take besides being a burned-out hippy?